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Continue reading →: Seabirds as Sentinels: A Conversation with Science Writer Eric WagnerIn Seabirds as Sentinels: Auklets, Puffins, Shearwaters, and the View from Destruction Island, author Eric Wagner joins a team of scientists who have been tracking the lives of seabirds to gauge the effects of climate change in the North Pacific. Sometimes called the Blue Serengeti, this region is one of…
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Continue reading →: On Norman Maclean: Guest Post by Rebecca McCarthyThis month marks the 50th anniversary of A River Runs Through It and Other Stories, the bestselling book that turned Norman Maclean into a late-in-life literary phenomenon and then a household name after the success of Robert Redford’s film based on the title story. In her book Norman Maclean: A…
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Continue reading →: Poetry and the Politics of Chinese Immigration on Angel Island: Q&A with Judy YungIn the early twentieth century, most Chinese immigrants coming to the United States were detained at the Angel Island Immigration Station in San Francisco Bay. There, they were subject to physical exams, interrogations, and often long detentions aimed at upholding the exclusion laws that kept Chinese out of the country.…
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Continue reading →: Chicano Camera Culture: A Conversation on Latinx Photography with Elizabeth FerrerFor decades, the contributions of Chicano photographers to American art history have been largely overlooked. Chicano Camera Culture: A Photographic History, 1966–2026—published to accompany a major exhibition at the Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture (“The Cheech”) of the Riverside Art Museum—offers the first comprehensive survey of photography…
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